Ron Johnson says Trump's current reconciliation bill is "doomed to fail." "I'm sorry. I've gotta disagree with the president on this. I'm not gonna vote for it. I know a number of senators who are not even contemplating ... we're not even close." - ThreadSky

atrupar.com • 2 days ago

Ron Johnson says Trump's current reconciliation bill is "doomed to fail."

"I'm sorry. I've gotta disagree with the president on this. I'm not gonna vote for it. I know a number of senators who are not even contemplating ... we're not even close."

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eyeflybluesky.bsky.social•2 days ago

No! Ron Johnson - you empowered this guy. You don't just get to whisper fowl now. You own this mess along with all your billionaire enabled representation in Congress. You own this no matter what you say now!

katchamp.bsky.social•2 days ago

foul: gross*
fowl: birds

arlenetrebbefowler.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hope they stand strong. But that’s not their strength.

tatersquid.bsky.social•2 days ago

He says this shit so that his constituents will reelect him when the time comes. In the ballot box behind the curtain, he votes the opposite of what he preached. They are liars.

tbomberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not holding my breath until the votes are cast and counted. These feckless people have caved time and time again

bensmom33.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dots an i in the bill. Ok, now I will vote for it since it's completely changed.

blazesboylan.bsky.social•2 days ago

If that is the case, why would he speak out and risk Trump's wrath?

crazypolitics.bsky.social•2 days ago

To get elected and he will lie that he was against the bill even though he would have voted for it. This is a familiar pattern

blazesboylan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Disagree, respectfully. If I'm not mistaken, this is about Medicaid. The R's know they're toast in 2026 if they defund it.

deaddropholiday.bsky.social•2 days ago

How can they vote for a bill this expensive when the cost of borrowing has skyrocketed? They'll have to delay and hope the dollar and the bond market strengthens. If they don't you can completely forget about it.

genxguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ron Johnson realizes he has to go home at some point to live around his constituents whom he was eager to fuck over for the 1000th time but they have had enough! Situational morality in that idiot

koorsboom.bsky.social•2 days ago

Russian bribes must be drying up.

nowhining.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why would one apologize for protecting people? Did he promise something he may not deliver?

yecats47.bsky.social•2 days ago

If he’s telling the truth then thank God! They cannot cut Medicaid or Medicare or SS! It will be doomsday for all of them! (Which imo won’t be a bad thing for us- but horrible for them!)

againstfacists.bsky.social•2 days ago

BIG IF

gr8fulls.bsky.social•2 days ago

The only time I've ever agreed with RoJo.

roseyroseamund.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

roseyroseamund.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why?

Seriously.

Why is he a no?

yutikalcimite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because he thinks it is safe to disagree with Trump from the right.

roseyroseamund.bsky.social•2 days ago

Weird to see him disagreeing.

yutikalcimite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Understand he has no principles. It is just about opening an avenue for putting distance between himself and Trump if things continue to head south.

roseyroseamund.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, got it.

Thank you.

macawake.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s probably not draconian enough for RoJo…

elkmovie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pelosi and Reid in their primes could have *maybe* passed a reconciliation bill with majorities this narrow in a political climate this bad, but it would have taken all their powers and all their skills; there's nobody in the GOP (or, for that matter, Senate Democrats) remotely capable of that now

elkmovie.bsky.social•2 days ago

(the Democratic equivalent of Mike Lawler would have walked out of a meeting with leadership looking like Peter Finch after the boardroom scene in "Network")

tickleslarue.bsky.social•2 days ago

When you've lost Ron "Conspiracy Theories Are My Jam" Johnson, there is a big ole problem.

darthgoat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now this fuckin guy finds a way to disagree with all this shit....

seanfrisco.bsky.social•2 days ago

This from the party that has the Trifecta of Power. 🤦🏻

sjseidel.bsky.social•2 days ago

But! Trump or his minions will now call and pressure him and he’ll cave.
Rinse. Repeat. Same cycle with this regime.

sholahoon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because people like him are spending time on TV instead of working hard on a good bill

steelrat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Aw. Senator wrong Johnson too stupid to understand felon47 doesn't care what budget congress agrees to.

elijah8817.bsky.social•2 days ago

Johnson has already inflicted so much damage.

ilyakuriyaken.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ron’s just upset it doesn’t include a line item to pay for a statue of him leading the insurrection

cartonqc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Until it comes up for a vote and they all fold like a cheap lawn chair.

suffernofools123.bsky.social•2 days ago

even the crazy ones can’t vote for it

foxmccloudstarfx.bsky.social•2 days ago

Poor Baby Trump, he wasn't happy with his toy soldiers, so he decided to hold a military parade to stoke his own ego because he is a crybaby.

yarnlover.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republicans can't and won't govern. The GOP doesn't work for working Americans.

bonfire25.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lol. Been saying this from the jump. Can't wait to hear the Senate discuss the idiotic "Iron Dome" we DON'T NEED and would only serve to make Elon Musk and his cronies richer.

#EconSky

southerngent61.bsky.social•2 days ago

Welp

trampolinechaplin.bsky.social•2 days ago

When you lose Ron Johnson...🤪

murray2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Uh oh. Their God King Dipshit ain't gonna like that... might need more than just an apology, Ron!

snoozingholly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dang, wait just one minute. An hour or so ago I watched a video of the ever smirking MAGA Mike Johnson saying that all republicans were on board with Trumps 'big beautiful bill' and that anyone who said otherwise wasn't in the room.
Surely, it cannot be the case that one of these fuckers is lying...

lizardky.bsky.social•2 days ago

Odds are, they're both lying, but they haven't consulted each other on which lies to tell.

dbmichele.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even the clowns in the back don’t want the main clown with the biggest red shoes to open the door.

crichie21.bsky.social•2 days ago

A suripse

gearcinco.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is how the cracks begin

againstfacists.bsky.social•2 days ago

No this is how they keep sliding shit through with minimal uproar

They will toe the line

againstfacists.bsky.social•2 days ago

The House Natural Resources committee approved the amendment late Tuesday night after previously indicating federal land sales wouldn't be included in a budget reconciliation bill.

againstfacists.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g-s1-64760/house-republicans-approve-amendment-authorizing-the-sale-of-federal-lands

As an example

gearcinco.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe

grateful4moi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Let’s hope so!

yutikalcimite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Indeed. He's doing this because he thinks the overall political climate is shifting away from Trump. He's a rat putting out feelers for escaping the sinking ship in a relatively safe way by attacking Trump from the right.

gearcinco.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are witnessing their political suicides for midterms

yutikalcimite.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. The coming recession is going to be death for them so they're trying to find ways to put some distance between them and Trump.

blazesboylan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Works for me. Can't wait for Trump's all-caps attack.

deeplyaware.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’ll fold like origami paper.

mynanacv2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Must be really bad if one of the worst boot lickers won’t vote yes.

xxriotgrrrrrlxx.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does it matter how they feel about reconciliation bill? It seems they have no part to play in allocating money anymore so who cares.

lpeterp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow, when you’ve lost this MAGA jackass…

dmtcyt.bsky.social•2 days ago

he’s a wackadoo but glad to see people with a lot on the line not willing to rubber stamp

yutikalcimite.bsky.social•2 days ago

What's happening here is Ron Johnson is attacking Trump and others from the right. He's calling for more draconian cuts than Trump and his erstwhile allies. No doubt he is doing it cynically because he thinks he can get away with it; attacking Trump from the right.

mitchking.bsky.social•2 days ago

Donald, with his tanking approval rating and frequent tone deaf statements about rationing dolls and pencils, has lost some of his mojo, it seems.

lindayoung164.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hate to tell him this. It's just a matter of time before DTs entire regime fails. GOP will go out with them, and several Dems who have no spines to fight for the people who put them in office to fight.

skerzified.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the first time I've heard this guy be honest. Wow.

musk-family-ftms.bsky.social•2 days ago

And China still not taking his calls..... The Art of the Deal!!!!!!!

missinghitch.bsky.social•2 days ago

So they're absolutely gonna vote for it. Right?

angrymetalguy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey! My calls have been working!

mspeggyhill.bsky.social•2 days ago

So many times he could have said this about so many things and never did

leonidesmainly.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's going to get THE CALL isn't he?

crgulsvig.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow ... when you lose Ron, ...

humanity101.bsky.social•2 days ago

🎯

j-waller55.bsky.social•2 days ago

A dose of reality from a highly unusual source.

pkellynova88.bsky.social•2 days ago

Johnson is lying his ass off. When it gets brought up for a vote, Johnson and all R’s will vote for it. That’s what they do. They pretend to be concerned, then cave every time.

againstfacists.bsky.social•2 days ago

THIS

luckygoodtime.bsky.social•2 days ago

That bill must be an atrocity if Johnson is opposed.

n00bthtpwnz.bsky.social•2 days ago

We’ve been doomed to fail for years. Agent Orange only knows how to bankrupt businesses and he’s doing a damn good job bankrupting this shithole of a country.

t-fish.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ron’s gonna be receiving an angry phone call and then a scathing tweet. Then he’s gonna vote yes.

zackattack17.bsky.social•2 days ago

Honestly, Ron Johnson not agreeing with Trump is the most shocking thing I’ve heard in my life

ballardmike.bsky.social•2 days ago

JOHNSON is a MORON

adam63.bsky.social•2 days ago

This new senate resistance only is beginning to exist because people are organizing, advocating and YOU CAN’T GERRYMANDER A STATEWIDE ELECTION!✌🏻❤️✊🏻

queenofthesouth.bsky.social•2 days ago

They just supress the vote in other ways, by closing and moving locations, making hours shorter, introducing new voter ID laws etc

adam63.bsky.social•2 days ago

I agree! But it is making them nervous enough to give resistance! https://youtu.be/QFIYS8xb-QY?si=BLlke9-sdPWR8JvY

adam63.bsky.social•2 days ago

You could also say the 2024 election was “stolen” but republicans have legalized voter purges and other techniques to disqualify voters making their election interference/manipulation “legal”! https://youtu.be/0LN65qFUDDo?si=I51hXt0HZ7fCc_uD

queenofthesouth.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank goodness, I really want them to lose!

unifiedtheory.bsky.social•2 days ago

He will cave. Musk will call him and threaten a primary, or Trump will call him with some other threat and he will cave.

There isn’t a single Repiglican with a milligram of courage.

twixicat.bsky.social•2 days ago

If he still imagines Musk has pull in Wisconsin, he either hasn't been keeping up or knows something truly shady is coming.

unifiedtheory.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s not about the past, or Musk getting his ass kicked the last time. If Musk threatens to primary him, and put all his money behind that candidate, he will fold like a tent.

suzai.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don’t think this works anymore. Public sentiment toward both Musk and Trump are extremely negative right now. Whoever the GOP candidate is would have a difficult time. Like Rand Paul said, when Smoot-Hawley tariffs happened, Republicans lost the House and Senate for 60 years.

twixicat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shenanigans can come from a lot of places, Musk or otherwise.